RNS Number : 8963F
Barclays PLC
09 November 2022
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS

(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

 

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

 

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

COUNTRYSIDE PARTNERSHIPS PLC

 


relevant securities this form relates:

 

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

Countryside Partnerships plc

 


principal trader is connected

 

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

08 November 2022

 

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

YES:

 


 


trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

VISTRY GROUP PLC


 

2.

POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

 

 

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

 

 

Class of relevant security:

0.01p ordinary



 


Interests

Short Positions

 


Number

(%)

Number

(%)

 

(1)

Relevant securities owned





 


and/or controlled:

7,153,059

1.43%

3,869,729

0.77%

 








 

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:





 




3,577,789

0.72%

6,895,428

1.38%

 








 

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)





 


and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 








 







 


TOTAL:

10,730,848

2.15%

10,765,157

2.15%

 








 

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

 

 

options)

 





 

Class of relevant security in relation to


 

which subscription right exists

 

Details, including nature of the rights


 

concerned and relevant percentages:

 

 

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales




Class of relevant


Purchase/sale


Total number of


Highest price per unit

Lowest price per unit

security




securities


paid/received

paid/received

0.01p ordinary

Purchase

212,209

2.1527 GBP

2.1318 GBP

0.01p ordinary

Sale

32,629

2.1588 GBP

2.128 GBP

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions


Class of


Product


Nature of dealing


Number of

Price per

relevant


description




reference

unit

security






securities


0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,495

2.1387 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1

2.1340 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1

2.1380 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1

2.1420 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

2

2.1820 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

2

2.1430 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

2

2.1450 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

966

2.1516 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

2,429

2.1377 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Short

13,385

2.1255 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

45,834

2.1329 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

46,218

2.1337 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Short

47,797

2.1400 GBP

 

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 



Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price


date

money

relevant


selling,

securities

per unit



paid/

security


varying etc

to which




received




option




per unit




relates





















(ii)

Exercising

 





Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security




securities

unit














(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant


Nature of Dealings


Details

Price per unit (if


security




applicable)






4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings arrangements

 


Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,

formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal

or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party

to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:


NONE

(b)

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between

the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i)   the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or


(ii)   the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:




NONE

(c)

Attachments

 




Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

9 Nov 2022




Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations


Telephone number:

020 3134 7213




 

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